Fred Tiedt

{{Short description|Irish boxer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | full_name = Frederick Tiedt | birth_date = 16 October 1935 | birth_place = Dublin, Ireland | death_date = 15 June 1999 | death_place = Dublin, Ireland | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport | Men's boxing}} {{Medal|Country | {{IRL}} }} {{Medal|Competition | Olympic Games }} {{Medal|Silver | 1956 Melbourne | Welterweight}} {{Medal|Competition | European Amateur Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze | 1957 Prague | Welterweight}} }}

'''Frederick Tiedt''' (16 October 1935 – 15 June 1999, born in Dublin, Ireland) was an amateur and professional boxer.

==Amateur career== Tiedt won a silver medal for Ireland at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia in the welterweight division.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Fred Tiedt |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ti/fred-tiedt-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161204022217/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ti/fred-tiedt-1.html |archive-date=4 December 2016}}</ref> Tiedt beat opponents from Poland, the United States, and Australia before losing a split decision to Nicolae Linca of Romania. The following year Tiedt won a bronze medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships in Prague.

===Olympic results=== *Defeated Tadeusz Walasek (Poland) points *Defeated Pearce Allen Lane (United States) points *Defeated Kevin Hogarth (Australia) points *Lost to Nicolae Linca (Romania) points

==Pro career== He turned professional in 1959 but his professional career was not as successful as his amateur career with a points victory over Al Sharpe to gain the Irish Welterweight Title the only highlight. Tiedt finished with a record of 12 wins, 7 defeats and 2 ties. {{citation needed|date=December 2014}}

==Notable relative(s)== Tiedt is the uncle of Liam Mooney, a former rugby player and now an entrepreneur living in Dubai.

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==External links== * {{BoxRec|30858|Fred Tiedt}} * {{Olympics.com|fred-tiedt|Fred Tiedt|org_id=frederick-tiedt|org_name=Frederick Tiedt|org_archive=20170326191416}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{InterSportStats}}

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